Example sentences of "[subord] used in [art] " in BNC.

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1 Drugs prescribed by doctors can be extremely hazardous if used in the wrong way .
2 Learning Classics or memorizing the year by year achievements of a football club will enhance the individual 's reputation in certain environments , but will prove a poor investment if used in the wrong circumstances .
3 If used in an off-road condition in 4WD this will not occur because an element of wheel slip will take account of the differing rotations .
4 Such knowledge could , however , continue to be useful when used in a regional context , which is what the RANs do , enabling members to react to a wider range of human rights violations in any given region .
5 NO WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE accurately captures the meaning of ‘ le terroir ’ when used in a viticultural sense .
6 When used in a properly fitting , thin joint they were reliable enough but , when the joint fitted badly so that the glue-line was thick , the shrinkages and internal stresses set up when the glue hardened often caused the glue to craze and to fall to bits in the joint .
7 Brick makes great paving on its own and looks best when used in a pattern
8 Some explanation is perhaps needed for the fact that the same phrases also sound more normal in ( 18 ) than the corresponding phrases in ( 15 ) : ( 18 ) the heir is a lawful one her cousin is a distant one Possibly we should accept that , even when used in a context of heirs and cousins respectively , these two adjectives occupy an intermediate position in the sense that they can be construed either way without any significant difference in the non-linguistic phenomena that can be designated thereby .
9 ( This word only has a weak form when used in a relative clause ; when used with a demonstrative sense it is always pronounced in its strong form . )
10 It can also be most soothing when used in an eyebath .
11 Since then , it has come to designate what is clearly perceived as a property in its own right , which , when used in an adjective , is ascribed to the accompanying noun ( or , strictly , to the entity that is its referential locus ) .
12 And in order to accommodate the general rule it has been deemed necessary to deprive certain compound words , like sèche-cheveux , of their plural endings when used in the singular .
13 Although Hoyle 's model can be criticised on the grounds that the ideal types do not exist , or that many teachers exhibit characteristics from both sides of the model , it nevertheless exposes crucial aspects of the relationships between teachers and the organisations in which they work when used in the heuristic format for which it was intended .
14 Very congested skin can not absorb essential oils efficiently anyway , but when used in the bath and in general body massage they will be more easily absorbed through the softer skin of the abdomen , insides of the thighs and upper arms .
15 Non-mydriatic fundal photography is useful for detecting retinopathy in patients with diabetes and has been shown to be effective in identifying previously unrecognised retinopathy when used in the community .
16 It could be used in sieges ; it was valuable when used in the open by a lightly armed foot solder ; likewise , a mounted archer , who did not need a first-class horse to ride , could prove to be a very mobile and effective combatant .
17 These collocations could be regarded as extensions to the base meaning of a particular word ; for example , in the case of ’ weak ’ , we could regard the base meaning as ’ lack of physical strength ’ and then acknowledge modifications to this base meaning when used in the context of describing solutions .
18 Each domain-dictionary achieved its highest z-score when used in the recognition of text taken from the same domain .
19 The word ‘ intimidation ’ when used in the present context signifies a threat delivered by A to B whereby A intentionally causes B to act ( or refrain from acting ) either to his own detriment or to the detriment of C. There are thus two forms of the tort , which will be considered separately , but first two general points must be mentioned .
20 However , while the result might well be the same , the reasoning of the Court of Appeal is to be preferred ; complete impartiality could not be expected and the term impartiality when used in the context of a minister making a decision such as the siting of a new town , would not necessarily be the same as when applied to a magistrate deciding a case of nuisance .
21 The high dose of TAGH , when used in the cell culture system , did not induce DNA synthesis , but in contrast there was a substantial decrease ( by greater than 90% ) in amino acid incorporation into protein ( data not shown ) , showing that at those concentrations there was local toxicity to the whole cell .
22 The to infinitive is called for with such verbs , so it is not surprising that perceptual verbs should take to before the infinitive when used in the more conceptual inferential sense .
23 Certainly , the standardized interview as used in a carefully conducted sample survey is important , but there are many other instances outside the sample survey in which the interview is an important research tool .
24 In his important book The concept of mind ( 1949 ) Ryle exploded the dogma by successfully demonstrating that , as used in the Cartesian ‘ myth ’ , the term represents the facts of mental life as if it belonged to one logical type or category , when it actually belongs to another .
25 All the new Marshall spares are exclusive Marshall items , as used in the regular production amps , and have been tested in exactly the same way for durability and reliability .
26 The type is Morris 's Chaucer , as used in the masterpiece .
27 They claimed the first Tardis , as used in the 1963 series starring William Hartnell , collapsed 16 years ago .
28 Given this information as used in the treatment of errors , there are indications that it may also be effective to apply it to aid the reduction of the list of candidate strings in word positions where no error has been detected .
29 The Protagon range offers three rackets , all of which are made of 100% high performance ( c/c unidirectional carbon as used in the aerospace industry ) graphite .
30 FIG. 1 A typical tomato seedling as used in the mechanical wounding experiments .
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